Senior Director – Communications
| Company | Daniel J Edelman Holdings |
|---|---|
| Location | New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $80000 – $120000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 7-8 years of experience in communications, focusing on sports, lifestyle, and culture.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and project management skills, with attention to detail.
- Analytical skills with experience using data to inform planning.
- High-level understanding of paid, earned, social, and owned media in modern media landscapes.
- Solid grasp of traditional and new media tools and strategies.
- Proactive in seeking fresh story angles and providing media counsel.
- Skilled in developing media materials like pitch letters, contact lists, and reports.
- Ability to juggle multiple clients, assignments, global teams, and time zones.
- Proven leadership in day-to-day client work, team supervision, and independent project management.
Responsibilities
- Experience in sports and lifestyle communications within an interagency environment.
- Understand the value of creative storytelling through talent, content, and bespoke media experiences to push clients with breakthrough ideas.
- Lead a high-priority account as the primary client contact while mentoring a high-performing, creative, cross-functional team.
- Deep knowledge of earned media strategies, activation tactics of product launches, athlete and influencer engagement, and the ability to leverage cultural trends through PR.
- Stay on pulse of the media landscapes and trends relevant to clients’ business; connect content and key opinion leaders to maximize media coverage.
- Manage multiple projects from concept to completion, troubleshooting problems, proposing solutions, and ensuring deadlines and budget adherence.
- Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, client billing, vendor invoicing, reporting, and profitability management.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with sports, lifestyle, fashion, fitness, tech, business, and consumer media and influencers.
- Contribute to new business efforts, including media proposals and presentations.
- Supervise staff through coaching, feedback, accountability, and performance reviews.
- Commit to continuous leadership development and set stretch goals.
- Understand UEG and department vision, contributing to its achievement.
- Assist junior staff when needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Olympic or high-profile sporting event experience is a plus.
- Agency experience is a plus.